Active Methodologies in the Critical Education of. Master's Students in Nursing

Abstract

Introduction: This study is aimed at sharing experiences in the use of active methodologies in the education of master's students in nursing. Materials and methods: A descriptive narrative study was conducted based on Paulo Freire's critical pedagogy, describing the experience that master's students of a stricto sensu postgraduate course had in the use of active and innovative methodologies in the classroom. Two strategies were used to assist the teaching-learning process, namely: dynamics and musical parody. Results: When using the flower dynamics and musical parody as a basis for discussing contents, greater attention was perceived from the target audience as well as greater participation in the construction of knowledge. Discussion: Based on the implementation of activities, dynamics and parodies may be considered effective as it is an individual process of construction that uses different forms of interaction with the environment/content as well as that promotes critical awareness. Both activities aroused students' curiosity and interest, which encouraged them and facilitated their learning process. Affective and cognitive processes were fostered, in addition to creative sense-making. Conclusions: It was concluded that the use of active methodologies in strictu sensu postgraduate courses promotes participation, discussion, understanding and learning of more complex contents, which can be implemented, provided that contents, room, methodology, audience and availability of resources required to implement these plans are taken into account.